linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: cma: fix accounting of CMA pages placed in high memory

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Message-ID: <20130204233430.GA2610@blaptop>
Date:	Tue, 5 Feb 2013 08:34:30 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mgorman@...e.de,
	kyungmin.park@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: cma: fix accounting of CMA pages placed in high
 memory

On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 11:27:05AM +0100, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> The total number of low memory pages is determined as
> totalram_pages - totalhigh_pages, so without this patch all CMA
> pageblocks placed in highmem were accounted to low memory.

So what's the end user effect? With the effect, we have to decide
routing it on stable.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
> ---
>  mm/page_alloc.c |    4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index f5bab0a..6415d93 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -773,6 +773,10 @@ void __init init_cma_reserved_pageblock(struct page *page)
>  	set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_CMA);
>  	__free_pages(page, pageblock_order);
>  	totalram_pages += pageblock_nr_pages;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM

We don't need #ifdef/#endif.

> +	if (PageHighMem(page))
> +		totalhigh_pages += pageblock_nr_pages;
> +#endif
>  }
>  #endif
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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